Requisition ID: R10181197- Category: Communications
- Location: Palmdale, California, United States of America Melbourne, Florida, United States of America Clearfield, Utah, United States of America
- Clearance Type: None
- Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10 of the Time
- Positions Available: 1
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nations history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, theyre making history. Climb to new heights on your career journey and start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nations history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to producing groundbreaking stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit. Our culture thrives on passion for the mission, teamwork, intellectual curiosity, and bringing your whole self to work.
Northrop Grumman’s Employee Communications team seeks a creative Principal Employee Communications Representative who is confident in being a strategic advisor, thrives on the challenge of informing and inspiring employees around business priorities and culture, loves to story tell and constantly seeks to improve through disciplined measurement, analysis and adjustment.
This position reports to the Employee Communications manager for Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector, and can be located at our Palmdale, CA, Melbourne, FL, or Clearfield, UT sites.
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
This position is Hybrid with some time working from a Northrop Grumman facility and sometime allowed for telework.
In this job, you’ll:
Inform and inspire employees and drive business priorities within the company’s Aeronautics Systems sector while ensuring alignment with enterprise business and communications priorities.
Develop, implement and measure employee, executive, culture and change communications plans and tactics.
Be a storyteller: Conceptualize, procure and produce a diverse array of inspirational content about our people, technologies, successes and business capabilities. Content will range from articles and videos, to interviews, Q&As, brief/catchy lists, infographics, and photo/caption features.
Support event content and logistics.
Write, edit, distribute and measure strategic and timely business announcements, news items, digital content, articles and videos.
Serve as a partner and trusted advisor to executive leaders. Develop and measure leaders’ announcements, talking points, speeches, video scripts and speaker prep memos.
Partner with other communications teams across the enterprise to amplify messaging and ensure alignment
Support maintenance of the sector’s internal websites and digital signage monitors.
Ensure all communications plans and tactics are consistent with the company’s strategic vision and reflect the Northrop Grumman brand.
You’ll be a great fit if you:
Have excellent writing and editing skills, and an enthusiasm for telling inspirational stories with words, videos, photos and graphics.
Live by prioritization and organization and possess superior attention to detail.
Are positive, poised and approachable, able to work independently and in partnership with others, and confident in offering communications counsel to business partners.
Thrive in fast-paced, action-oriented environments and able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, reprioritize quickly and meet deadlines.
Enjoy translating complex and technical topics into easily understandable and interesting stories.
Have experience with Associated Press Style.
Have event planning experience.
Have a demonstrated understanding of modern communications topics, tools and trends.
Are creative and tech-savvy, and willing to challenge the status quo to propose and pilot new, creative solutions, tools and technologies using strategic rationale and business need to build your case.
Love data – and using analytics to not only measure your success, but to modify your approach and drive positive change.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Communications, Journalism, English, Marketing or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience, or a Masters degree in prior fields and 3 years of experience.
Experience in employee or executive communications.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong judgement, problem solving and organizational skills, and superb attention to detail.
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with Associated Press Style. Familiarity with interpreting MarCom data analytics.
Experience producing omni-channel editorial content for a newspaper, news channel, video, magazine or other venue.
Salary Range: $76,600 - $115,000
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
